Enjoy this "As-is." I didn't have quite the time for fleshing all this out, due to some difficult life events for aging and ailing family members. Still, here's the discussion and study guide we used in class last Sunday. I'll try to update verse links or add comments if time allows this week. No promises...except … Continue reading A Deeper Dive into 2 Chronicles 28:8-15 (Bible Study for 8.26.18)
Send Back Your Captive Family
"Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise." (Luke 10:36-37) Hear the full audio of "Send Back Your Captive Family" A sermon on 2 Chronicles … Continue reading Send Back Your Captive Family
Readings for the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
Which question you bringing this Lord's Day: "Who is my neighbor?" or "Where's my Good Samaritan?" Here are the readings appointed for this coming Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, 26 August 2018 2 Chronicles 28:8-15 (ESV) 8 The men of Israel took captive 200,000 of their relatives, women, sons, and daughters. They also took much spoil from … Continue reading Readings for the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
These Pleasant Places
"...we may be despising and rebelling against a divine ordering of things..." Below is an essay I wrote back in 2014, with one very slight edit of word order. Because a dear brother in Christ fondly recalled it and asked if he might use it in his Intro to Pastoral Theology course at Concordia Theological … Continue reading These Pleasant Places
Christ Bids Closed Ears ‘Be Opened’
Faith in Christ brings people to the places where Christ Jesus is at work to help... Hear the full audio of "Christ Bids Closed Ears 'Be Opened'" A sermon on Mark 7:31-37 (ESV) Twelfth Sunday after Trinity / 19 August 2018 Mark 7:31-37 English Standard Version (ESV) 31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre … Continue reading Christ Bids Closed Ears ‘Be Opened’
A Deeper Dive into Mark 7:31-37 (Bible Study for 8.19.18)
A Bible Study written and produced entirely ON LOCATION with God the Son... A Bible Study Guide on Mark 7:31-37 (ESV) Part One: Confessing The Incarnation, God on Location for You... 31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. A. … Continue reading A Deeper Dive into Mark 7:31-37 (Bible Study for 8.19.18)
Readings for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
"Ephphatha," Jesus says, "Be Opened!" Our Lord has a way of restoring whatever is damaged or not functioning in us. That way is by His word. He speaks. We hear Him, perhaps as though for the first time! He speaks--He calls forth an audible in us. The Word is made flesh and sent to your … Continue reading Readings for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
God Seated US with Him in the Heavenly Places
The Lord made us ALIVE in Christ Jesus--certainly not so you should dwell mired in misery, but be raised up and seated with Him in the heavenly places! Take the seat prepared for you here in God's presence. Sit next to Him who wields all authority in heaven and on earth for your own deliverance … Continue reading God Seated US with Him in the Heavenly Places
For the Common Good
“For The Common good,” the apostle says, for your good and theirs God has given His gifts “to each,” a manifestation of the Spirit given to them for you. It was given to you, for them, too. They need you here. You need them. I need you in my life, too. God declares no less … Continue reading For the Common Good
A Deeper Dive into 1 Cor. 10:6-13
A Bible Study Guide on 1 Cor. 10:6-13 Part One: Why Do We Need Those Old Testament Books 📖 Paul begins his discourse now on table fellowship that will fill both chapters 10 and 11 of this letter. There are textual clues that the careful reader ought to note, even in English the phrases are … Continue reading A Deeper Dive into 1 Cor. 10:6-13
Isaiah 50:4 Blues 